Garment-fastener



C. V. HAVENS.

v GARMENT FASTENE'R.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 14. 1920.

1,363,591. Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

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CLARA V. HAVENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 28, 1924}.

Application filed August 14, 1920. Serial no. 403,465.

To all 'w/wm may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA V. HAvENs, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Garment-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a garment fastener which is more particularly adapted to securing a brassiere to a corset, but to which, however, I do not limit the use of the same, the fastener being composed of a comparatively U or V-shaped member, and eyes on the arms thereof, one of said eyes being adapted to have an attachment of the brassiere permanently connected therewith so as to prevent loss of the fastener or disconnection thereof from said attachment, while the other eye is adapted to have another attachment of the brassiere fitted thereto in a convenient manner, thus retaining the fastener on the corset and thereby connecting the brassiere with the latter, while the second named attachment is easily removable from the eye with which it is engaged, and so permitting the fastener to be removed from the corset.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as theyare within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a garment fastener embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof on line 22 Fig. 1.

3 represents a transverse section on line 3-3 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents diagrammatic view illustrating a use of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings,

1 designates the garment fastener, the same consisting of a body formed of a piece of wire or other suitable metal or material bent into comparatively U- or l-shape, and.

terminal 6 and said adjacent portion of the side of the arm 2 for the escape of an attachment of the brassiere theretln'ough and consequently from said eye, hence I denominate the latter as the closed eye of my garment fastener.

At the top of the arm 8 is the loop 7 whose terminal 8 which is at the bottom curled and separated or removed from the adjacent portion of the side of said arms so as to form on its lower end the throat 9 between said portion and terminal, this leading into said loop so that another attachment of the brassiere may be passed through said throat and so hooked on said loop 7, hence I denominate the latter as the open eye of my garment fastener.

The terminal of the loop 7 which is at the lower end thereof, as has been stated, is curled to the outer. side of the loop so as to prevent its raw edge from being exposed and liable to out the one handling the fastener.

The lower portions of the sides of the arms 2 and 3 and the bend 4 are'reduced in thickness and flattened in cross section as at 10, 11 and 12, so as to take firm hold of the shank of a stud 13 of a corset over which latter the brassiere is worn and lie flat and closely thereon, while adding resiliency to the arms to permit them to expand in slidingly riding over the shank of said stud 13 if so desired.

In the present case, I show two \l-shaped straps or bands 14 and 15 which are connected with and depend from the front tabs 16 of the brassiere 17, only a portion of which is shown, it being seen that the strap 14 is connected with the closed eye 5 of the fastener, hence the latter remains a fixture of the strap 14 and consequently of the brassiere, and will not be lost therefrom. Then the fastener is fitted. on the stud 13 and the brassiere adjusted on the corset when the strap 15 is hooked on the open loop 7 and so is connected therewith, the fastening being held up by said straps engaged with the stud 13, the fastening taking firm hold of the shank of the latter, the brassiere in front being properly held on the corset.

In order to remove the front of the brassiere from the corset the strap 15 is disconnected from the open loop 7 and the fastener withdrawn from the stud 13 when the fastener will remain on the strap 14 pendant therefrom so as has been stated it will not be lost from the brassiere, while on the conbody, and a loop open below terminating outside of said body and in the plane other than brassieres.

For fastening other portions of a brassiere, say the rear or either side, the device may be hooked on the lacing of a corset Where employed and engaged with proper portions or attachments on the corset. V

Havingthus described my invention what I claim a onew and. desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. A garment fastener consisting of a comparatively U-shaped body, a closed eye onithe upper terminal of one member of thereof on the upper portion of the other member of said body. 7

2. A garment fastener consisting of comparatively U-shaped body formed of side arms, a bend member oining the bottoms of said arms, a loop open below continuous of the upper termlnal of one of said side arms "on the outside of and in the plane. of said body, and a closed eye on the upper terminal of the other side arm.

3. A garment fastener consisting of a comparatively U-shaped body formed of side arms, a bend member joining the bottoms of said arms, a loop open below continuous of the upper terminal of one of said side arms on the outside of and in the plane of said body, a threat intervening the terminal of said loop and the adjacent portion of the adjacent arm forming an inlet for said loop from below, and a closed eye on the 11 per terminal of the other side arm.

a. ll garment fastener consisting of a comparatively U-shaped body, a closed eye on the upper terminal of'one member of said body, and an open eye on the upper portion of the. other member thereof, the.

sides of the bottom bend member of the arms, and the adjacent portions of said arms being of reduced thickness andmade flat in cross section.

5. A garment fastener consisting of a comparatively U-shaped body formed of side arms, a bend member joining the bot-- toms of said arms, an eye on the upper end of one 01f said-arms closed against the latter, and a loop on the upper end of the opposite arm with a throat intervening the terminal of said eye, and the adjacent portion of said opposite arm forming an open eye for said fastener, the sides of the bottom bend member and the adjacent portions of said arms being of reduced thickness and fiattened in cross section.

CLARA V. HAVE/NS. V

Witnesses J. SATIN, DANIEL TAFFEY. 

